The story behind Chick-fil-A pickles

Pickles have been a part of the original Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich from the time Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy invented it. Those who have enjoyed a Chicken Sandwich are familiar – two perfectly ripened pickle slices, carefully placed on each bun.

With the final sandwich as familiar as it is mouthwatering, perhaps lesser known is the origin of the Chick-fil-A pickles themselves. Where do they come from and what makes them so good?

The simple answer to these questions is that Chick-fil-A pickles do, in fact, come from paradise. That’s right, cucumber slices are grown with care, soaked for 3 days and ripened to perfection at Paradise Farms in Almond, WI.

Pickle farming is a family affair at Paradise Farms, with four generations of the Warzynski family working hard every day to produce nearly 1.25 billion pickle slices that are served up by Chick-fil-A every year.

“We do the best that we can to get the best quality and end result – the best pickle on that Chick-fil-A sandwich,” says Mike Warzynski, fourth generation pickle farmer at Paradise Farms.

Check out the video below for a behind-the-scenes look at the very paradise where so many Chick-fil-A pickles are made with care.

Could you imagine walking into a Chick-fil-A today and leaving without one of your favorite sauces? While it’s hard to fathom Chick-fil-A without its signature sauce lineup, we have Chick-fil-A Nuggets—a longtime customer favorite—to thank for them and more.

We get it. It’s easy to misspell “Chick-fil-A.” We’ve seen “Chik-fil-a,” “Chickfilet,” “Chick-a-fil” and more. As a matter of fact, there are 362,879 ways you could misspell it (that’s 9 factorial, for you mathematicians), but only one right way: Chick-fil-A.